GRiSO review in Cyclenews

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biomanSfregiato

Posts : 429Join date : 2014-05-06

Subject: GRiSO review in Cyclenews Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:23 pm

"But the GRiSO, born of the impossibly beautiful lands of Lake Como in Northern Italy’s Lombardy region, is a different involvement. If riding an H2 is akin to chatting to the T1000’s two-wheeled spin off, riding a GRiSO is like sipping a Limoncello with Marlon Brando."

A very minimalist "quick spin" but the guy really likes the GRiSO: review

SteakL'Innominato

Posts : 2286Join date : 2013-05-28Age : 53

Subject: Re: GRiSO review in Cyclenews Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:27 pm

Fer fuck sakes... I appreciate the author's fawnings, but seriously...

Douche Wanker wrote:

Nail the throttle at 65 mph on the freeway in sixth and there’s torque by the barrel, even if the gearbox is best used once and left to its own devices. The GRiSO can play the game at traffic lights well enough, but hammer the throttle hard at standstill and you’ll really know about the piston pull and push. Snatch second gear like you’re going for the win at Daytona and the right side of the GRiSO tries to rotate around the left as the power makes its way from the production end to the business end of the driveshaft.

One thing that struck me during my time with the GRiSO was the fact that the custom crowd has largely ignored it. With most people’s tolerance for poorly modified SR400s and CB750s pretty much maxed out, I can’t for the life of me think why, okay, maybe not a brand-new GRiSO, but at least the old four-valver hasn’t been at the forefront of the minds of customizers who actually know what they’re doing, because this is a unique machine in every sense of the word and a custom GRiSO bobber, café racer, hell, even ’70s superbike endurance tribute would look awesome.

I truly did enjoy my time with the 2016 Moto Guzzi GRiSO 8V SE. It’s not a bike that takes a while to love, it’s one you either immediately love or hate. Thankfully for me it was the former—it’s got character to burn, and an old world charm that’s so authentically Italian, yet it’s a current model machine. That’s no easy feat to accomplish.